1. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
   "The emergency cesarean section saved both mother and baby";
   - cesarean delivery [N. Amer], caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarian section [N. Amer], caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean [N. Amer], cesarian [N. Amer], caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery

Derived forms: cesarean sections

Type of: delivery, obstetrical delivery

Encyclopedia: Cesarean section, repeat